706 Naval Air Squadron

Aircrew and squadron personnel

The list below is complied from various sources: Commissioned officers are as they appear in the relevant editions of the Navy List [note, because of a time lag between appointments and the publication of the lists some officers are not included]. Names of Telegraphist Air Gunners are primarily drawn from incident reports. Maintenance and other squadron personnel from Admiralty Fleet Orders.

Abbreviations: A = Air Branch, P = Pilot, O = Observer, TAG = Telegraphist Air Gunner, RNVR = Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, RANVR = Royal Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve, RCNVR = Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve, RNZNVR = Royal New Zealand Navy Volunteer Reserve, Tpy = Temporary, Mid = Midshipman, KIA = Killed in Action, MPK = Missing Presumed Killed.

Dates: Dates for commanding officers are taken from Sturtivant, R & Balance, T., (1994)'Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm' All other dates are taken from the Navy Lists and may not accurately reflect the exact date of appointment. Date of death is taken from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission records.

Rank	Name	Appointed	Notes
Tpy. Lieut. Comn. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)	F. C. Nottingham, DSC	- Feb 45	In command

Lieut. Com (A)	R.E. Bradshaw DSC** RN	06 Mar45	In command
	D. M. R. Wynne-Roberts RN	31 Aug 45	In command
	. A. Fraser RN	22 Oct 45	In command

Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)	J. A. Barrier	- Feb 45
	J. H. L. Evans	- Feb 45
	G. I. Harris	- Feb 45

Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (O)	A. F. Clayton	— Apr 45
	J. C. Clemett

Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.A.N.V.R. (P)	H.G. Thorn	- Mar 45

*Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.Z.N.V.R. (P)*	G. N. Covington	- Jan 46
	W. Jones	- Feb 45

*Tpy. act. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)*	R. Bartman	- Sep 45
	E. A. Benson	- Sep 45
	J. Johnson	- Sep 45
	E. W. Pepper	- Sep 45


*Officers attached for crew pool and refresher flying training* Names taken from accident reports

*Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)*	D. R. Crabtree	Aug 45	ex 880 Sqn
	P. F. McClintock	Jul 45	ex 848 Sqn
	H. H. Salisbury		ex 899 Sqn

*Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)*	C. B. H. Barford	- Sep 45
	D. N. Bayne	- Apr 45	ex 854 Sqn, to 723 Sqn Nowra
	G. R. Harrison	- Aug 45?	ex 766 Sqn
	D. J. Holmes	- Apr 45	ex 736 Sqn
	J. D. Pywell	- Jun 45	ex 887 Sqn
	R. Roberts		ex 784 Sqn
	G. R. Rodd ?
	L. Sharples	-- Nov 45	ex 737 Sqn Killed, Air Crash 3.12.45
	N. Williamson	- Aug 45	ex 828 Sqn

*Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (O)*	M. G. Henry		ex 816 Sqn

Information drawn from the Navy list April 945 through April 1946 (final edition which mentions the squadron)

In Memoriam

The Fleet Air Arm memorial at Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire. Located outside the former Naval Air Station and Fleet Air Arm Barracks this records the names of almost 2,000 men of that service who died during the Second World War and who have no known grave.

Details taken from the records of the Commonwealth War Grave Commission

Name & Rank	CWGC details	Date of death	Cemetery/Memorial
Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Leslie SHARPLES, RNVR	CWGC Record	03 December 1945	NOWRA WAR CEMETERY Plot C. Row A. Grave 1.

Name & Rank

CWGC details

Date of death

Cemetery/Memorial

Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Leslie SHARPLES, RNVR

CWGC Record

03 December 1945

NOWRA WAR CEMETERY

Plot C. Row A. Grave 1.

706 Naval Air Squadron

Aircrew and squadron personnel

April 1945- May 1946

In Memoriam

The Fleet Air Arm memorial at Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire. Located outside the former Naval Air Station and Fleet Air Arm Barracks this records the names of almost 2,000 men of that service who died during the Second World War and who have no known grave.